Professor Dr. Joachim Kornelius, Department Chair, English Department, and
Martha Connelly, M.A., from the Institute for Translation and Interpreting
of the University Heidelberg in Germany, met recently with Westchester
Township History Museum Researcher Eva Hopkins in regard to the ongoing
collaborative program between the museum and the Institute.

Institute graduate students are doing research papers on American Midwest
culture. Students so far have done papers on local china factories, Alice
Gray (Dianna of the Dunes), and the Prairie Club.

The Westchester Township History Museum is home to the Les and Mary Pratt
Local History Archives where information regarding the history of
Westchester Township can be found in abundance.

Housed in the Brown Mansion, 700 W. Porter Ave., Chesterton, the museum also
offers house tours and tours of the chronological display that covers the
time from the ice age to the current day.